Wales Bonner’s spring 2026 Adidas line sees snakeskins and unique textures take center stage. The most attention-grabbing is a pair of wild python-wrapped F50 cleats—they’re bound to turn heads on the feet of Adidas players like Jude Bellingham and Mo Salah on the pitch, but it also seems inevitable that a TikTokker looking to extend #BootsOnlySummer into next year will get their hands on some.
The recently released Karintha, Wales Bonner’s first original Three Stripes silhouette, gets a breezy loose-knit interpretation in dark brown, mimicking the crocheting that regularly appears in the designer’s apparel collections. The Adidas Gazelle, Country, and Adizero Adios also received the Wales Bonner treatment, but the standout was an as-yet-unnamed silhouette designed in tandem with Y-3. While details are still sparse, the slimmed-down field shoe was revealed in two dark brown colorways with an exaggerated foldover tongue bearing the Y-3 logo, fusing together the sensibilities of both creative visions.
Where Y-3 burnished its OG credentials and Wales Bonner reaffirmed its status as a Stripes top dog, Willy Chavarria’s presentation cemented the acclaimed Chicano designer as the future of Adidas’s collaborative endeavors. After a barnburner of a showing in Paris this past February, Chavarria’s work continued with his spring-summer 2026 collection, entitled “Huron” after his Californian hometown. His inaugural Adidas collection, released earlier this year, represented a restrained scope of just over half a dozen garments and three sneakers. Huron showed the partnership in full bloom, with an Adidas spotlight portion of the show revealing a whole swath of new apparel.
Ahead of the show, Chavarria told GQ he’d focused on incorporating the same tailoring sensibilities he uses in his namesake brand into the Adidas looks, as well as utilizing natural textiles over synthetics wherever possible in this new collection. The work was evident in standouts like a navy pinstripe tracksuit made from 100 percent wool and several pieces in vibrant pastels, making the Stripes gear feel of a piece with the rest of the Huron collection.
Chavarria unveiled interpretations of the Adidas Superstar (in a uniform matte white and a rose in place of the traditional shelltoe) and the Megaride, an old-school runner with a chunky sole that first dropped way back in 2004. Chavarria offered a range of takes on the latter, including those aforementioned pastels as well as earthier tones accented by streaks of silver. The real star was a Megaride wrapped in a H.R. Giger-inspired warped cage pattern. Dubbed the ‘Mega Willy,’ Chavarria said he wanted the shoe to be something “you could fight in”—something beefy and powerful and built for these uncertain times. Mission accomplished.
